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The geographic revolution in early America : maps, literacy, and national identity / / Martin Brückner
The geographic revolution in early America : maps, literacy, and national identity / / Martin Brückner
Autore Brückner Martin <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina 911/.73
Collana Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8078-3897-7
1-4696-0101-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : the geographic revolution in the wilderness -- The surveyed self : geodesy, writing, and colonial identity in eighteenth-century British America -- The continent speaks : geography, oratory, and the figuration of identity in revolutionary America -- Maps, spellers, and the semiotics of nationalism in the early republic -- Geography textbooks and reading national character -- Novel geographies of the republic -- Native American geographies and the journals of Lewis and Clark -- Literacy for empire : geography, education, and the aesthetic of territoriality.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460759203321
Brückner Martin <1963->  
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
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The geographic revolution in early America : maps, literacy, and national identity / / Martin Brückner
The geographic revolution in early America : maps, literacy, and national identity / / Martin Brückner
Autore Brückner Martin <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina 911/.73
Collana Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
ISBN 979-88-908780-3-8
0-8078-3897-7
1-4696-0101-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : the geographic revolution in the wilderness -- The surveyed self : geodesy, writing, and colonial identity in eighteenth-century British America -- The continent speaks : geography, oratory, and the figuration of identity in revolutionary America -- Maps, spellers, and the semiotics of nationalism in the early republic -- Geography textbooks and reading national character -- Novel geographies of the republic -- Native American geographies and the journals of Lewis and Clark -- Literacy for empire : geography, education, and the aesthetic of territoriality.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910787351903321
Brückner Martin <1963->  
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
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The geographic revolution in early America : maps, literacy, and national identity / / Martin Brückner
The geographic revolution in early America : maps, literacy, and national identity / / Martin Brückner
Autore Brückner Martin <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina 911/.73
Collana Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
ISBN 979-88-908780-3-8
0-8078-3897-7
1-4696-0101-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : the geographic revolution in the wilderness -- The surveyed self : geodesy, writing, and colonial identity in eighteenth-century British America -- The continent speaks : geography, oratory, and the figuration of identity in revolutionary America -- Maps, spellers, and the semiotics of nationalism in the early republic -- Geography textbooks and reading national character -- Novel geographies of the republic -- Native American geographies and the journals of Lewis and Clark -- Literacy for empire : geography, education, and the aesthetic of territoriality.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825401703321
Brückner Martin <1963->  
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2006
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The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake
The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake
Autore Drake James David <1968->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 973.3/1
Soggetto topico Geographical perception - United States - History - 18th century
Nationalism - United States - History - 18th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-49057-8
9786613585806
0-8139-3139-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : the historical role of an imagined place -- Scientific trends, continental conceptions, revolutionary implications -- The geopolitical continent, 1713-1763 -- Continental crisis, 1763-1774 -- Nationalism's nature : Congress's continental aspect -- Nationalism's nurture : war, peace, and the continental character of the United States, 1775-1783 -- Ordering lands and peoples : scientific and imperial contexts of the late eighteenth century -- Seizing nature's advantages : the Constitution and the continent, 1783-1789 -- Epilogue : the continent from on high.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457490503321
Drake James David <1968->  
Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
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The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake
The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake
Autore Drake James David <1968->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 973.3/1
Soggetto topico Geographical perception - United States - History - 18th century
Nationalism - United States - History - 18th century
ISBN 1-280-49057-8
9786613585806
0-8139-3139-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : the historical role of an imagined place -- Scientific trends, continental conceptions, revolutionary implications -- The geopolitical continent, 1713-1763 -- Continental crisis, 1763-1774 -- Nationalism's nature : Congress's continental aspect -- Nationalism's nurture : war, peace, and the continental character of the United States, 1775-1783 -- Ordering lands and peoples : scientific and imperial contexts of the late eighteenth century -- Seizing nature's advantages : the Constitution and the continent, 1783-1789 -- Epilogue : the continent from on high.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779051203321
Drake James David <1968->  
Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
Materiale a stampa
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The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake
The nation's nature [[electronic resource] ] : how continental presumptions gave rise to the United States of America / / James D. Drake
Autore Drake James David <1968->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 973.3/1
Soggetto topico Geographical perception - United States - History - 18th century
Nationalism - United States - History - 18th century
ISBN 1-280-49057-8
9786613585806
0-8139-3139-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : the historical role of an imagined place -- Scientific trends, continental conceptions, revolutionary implications -- The geopolitical continent, 1713-1763 -- Continental crisis, 1763-1774 -- Nationalism's nature : Congress's continental aspect -- Nationalism's nurture : war, peace, and the continental character of the United States, 1775-1783 -- Ordering lands and peoples : scientific and imperial contexts of the late eighteenth century -- Seizing nature's advantages : the Constitution and the continent, 1783-1789 -- Epilogue : the continent from on high.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910826956803321
Drake James David <1968->  
Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011
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Not yet a placeless land : tracking an evolving American geography / / Wilbur Zelinsky
Not yet a placeless land : tracking an evolving American geography / / Wilbur Zelinsky
Autore Zelinsky Wilbur <1921->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina 304.20973
Soggetto topico Human geography - United States
Cultural geography - United States
National characteristics, American
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-61376-181-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The argument -- E Pluribus unum? the mashing vs. the sorting of America -- Pondering the built landscape -- The theater of the unpredictable -- Territorial diversities in the cultural realm: yea and nay -- The regional factor -- Is the jury still out?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910463870703321
Zelinsky Wilbur <1921->  
Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011
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Not yet a placeless land : tracking an evolving American geography / / Wilbur Zelinsky
Not yet a placeless land : tracking an evolving American geography / / Wilbur Zelinsky
Autore Zelinsky Wilbur <1921->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina 304.20973
Soggetto topico Human geography - United States
Cultural geography - United States
National characteristics, American
ISBN 1-61376-181-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The argument -- E Pluribus unum? the mashing vs. the sorting of America -- Pondering the built landscape -- The theater of the unpredictable -- Territorial diversities in the cultural realm: yea and nay -- The regional factor -- Is the jury still out?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788676603321
Zelinsky Wilbur <1921->  
Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011
Materiale a stampa
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Not yet a placeless land : tracking an evolving American geography / / Wilbur Zelinsky
Not yet a placeless land : tracking an evolving American geography / / Wilbur Zelinsky
Autore Zelinsky Wilbur <1921->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina 304.20973
Soggetto topico Human geography - United States
Cultural geography - United States
National characteristics, American
ISBN 1-61376-181-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The argument -- E Pluribus unum? the mashing vs. the sorting of America -- Pondering the built landscape -- The theater of the unpredictable -- Territorial diversities in the cultural realm: yea and nay -- The regional factor -- Is the jury still out?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910826875603321
Zelinsky Wilbur <1921->  
Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011
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Old wheelways : traces of bicycle history on the land / / Robert L. McCullough
Old wheelways : traces of bicycle history on the land / / Robert L. McCullough
Autore McCullough Robert <1949->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina 796.6/40973
Soggetto topico Bicycle touring - United States - History - 19th century
Bicycle trails - United States - History - 19th century
Landscapes - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-262-33086-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface: Bicycle Landseeërs; A wheel; Wheeling Large; Imagining Place; Straightaway; Country Riding; Good Roads and Good Sidepaths; Sidepath; Park Privileges; Park Way; Wheelways; Afterword: Revival; Acknowledgments; Appendix: New York State Sidepaths; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; A Selected Bibliography of Cycling Sources; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460952103321
McCullough Robert <1949->  
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
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